Memoirs of the Life of the Late George Frideric Handel

Richard Wistreich

• Released on 03/04/2020 by Fra Bernardo
• Main artists: John Mainwaring Richard Wistreich
• Genre: Humour/Spoken Word

1 Title Page

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2 Birth and First Adventure of the Six Year Old

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3 First Test at the Duke of Saxe-Weißenfels

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4 Decision to Foster His Musical Talent

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5 Apprenticeship in Halle with Zachau

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6 At Court in Berlin with Buononcini and Ariosti

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7 Refusal of the Kings Sponsorship

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8 The Hamburg Opera

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9 Situation at the Hamburg Opera

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10 Squabbles in Hamburg and a Commission

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11 Handel's Operas in Hamburg

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12 Contact with a Tuscan Prince

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13 Setting Out for Italy

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14 A Glance at Music in Italy and in France

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15 Florence

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16 Rodrigo

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17 Venice

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18 Agrippina

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19 Rome Encounters with Corelli

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20 Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno

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21 Encounters with Alessandro & Domenico Scarlatti

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22 At the Cardinals Colonna & Pamphilii / Attempts at Conversion / La resurrezione

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23 More of Italy

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24 Engagement at the Hanoverian Court / Visits to Halle & Düsseldorf

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25 First Journey to London / State of Music There

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26 Rinaldo and a Sketch of the Librettist Rossi

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27 Back in Hanover

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28 Second Journey to England

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29 Handel's Unwillingness to Return to Germany / The Elector of Hanover Becomes King of England

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30 Water Music

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31 Acquaintance with Lord Burlington, Pope and the Duke of Chandos

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32 To Dresden in Quest of Singers

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33 Radamisto

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34 Academy at the Haymarket Theatre

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35 Quarrels with Senesino & Cuzzoni

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36 A Company with Heidegger / New Singers from Italy / Move to Lincoln's Inn Fields

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37 Move to Covent Garden / Crisis of Self-Confidence

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38 Cure in Aachen

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39 New Attempts at the Haymarket Theatre

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40 A Turn of Attention to Oratorio

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41 Dublin (Messiah Benefit Concert)

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42 Return to London / Applause for Oratorios

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43 Messiah for the Foundling Hospital / Death

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44 Blindness / Loss of Appetite / The Character of the Man to Explain the Artist

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45 Catalog of Works Overview & General Remarks

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46 List of Works

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47 Observations on the Works

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48 Quotation with a Comparison of German and Italian Styles / Handel's Preference for the Italian

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49 Italian Music Since Palestrina

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50 Interaction Between Handel & the Italians / Handel's Particular Mastery in Choral & Sacred Music

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About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 62 track(s)
• Total length: 02:54:36

• Main artists: John Mainwaring Richard Wistreich
• Label: Fra Bernardo
• Genre: Pop/Rock Humour/Spoken Word
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